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Former CIA operative Valerie Plame leaves after testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Valerie Plame: I was outed for 'purely political reasons'

The CIA operative whose outing led to the conviction of a top Bush administration official, told Congress she believes her identity was disclosed for "purely political reasons."

CNN

House, Senate split on deadlines to end Iraq war

A Democratic plan to withdraw American combat troops from Iraq by next year passed a key test in the House of Representatives, but the Senate failed to impose a similar deadline.

Reuters

Friendly fire death was 'unlawful'

The death of a British soldier mistakenly killed by a U.S. air strike in Iraq four years ago was "unlawful and criminal" and "entirely avoidable," a British inquest found.

Reuters

Winter storm cancels hundreds of flights

JetBlue, the airline battered over its handling of a recent storm, led the list of carriers canceling flights because of winter weather.

CNN

White House backs off on Miers scenario

The White House dropped its contention that then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers first raised the idea of firing U.S. attorneys, which led to criticism of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Yahoo! News

Second GOP senator suggests Attorney General should go

USA Today

VIP ward at Walter Reed gets scrutiny

Congress is investigating whether the Army is running a plush ward at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for VIPs.

USA Today

Iran condemns UN draft sanctions

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to continue his country's nuclear program, as the UN steps up pressure.

BBC

Iran seeks U.N. OK to make nuclear case

CBS News

This was world's warmest recorded winter

Scientific American

NATION

Britain asks U.N. to send investigators into Zimbabwe

Britain will try high risk diplomacy by demanding that the Human Rights Council of the United Nations sends a team into Zimbabwe to gather evidence about the brutality of Robert Mugabe's regime.

London Independent

Israel risks isolation as Hamas-Fatah coalition takes office

Israel seems to be heading for confrontation with Britain and the EU after announcing a total boycott of the new Palestinian national unity government, due to be sworn in tomorrow.

Guardian

India scours forests to 'avenge' Maoist killings

Thousands of police poured into the dense forests of eastern India after Maoist rebels massacred 55 people in a makeshift police camp in the region.

Reuters

Mohammed: I beheaded American reporter

Admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a U.S. military tribunal he personally beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, the Pentagon revealed.

CNN

POLITICS

McCain hopes to reignite 'Straight Talk Express' magic

Sen. John McCain has revived the "Straight Talk Express," the campaign conveyance made famous in his 2000 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, for his new run.

CNN

California advances presidential primary

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill to move California's presidential primary from June to February, a measure he argued would make the Golden State more relevant in presidential campaigns.

San Francisco Chronicle

Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez

At first glance, former New York Mayor and 2008 presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani wouldn't seem to have much in common with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

CNN

SPORTS

Former MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn dies

Bowie Kuhn, whose 16 seasons as Major League Baseball's commissioner produced memorable clashes with owners, labor unrest and the game reaching its zenith in national popularity, has died. He was 80.

Jacksonville Tines-Union

Jackson, Lakers fined $50K apiece by NBA

The Los Angeles Lakers and Phil Jackson were fined $50,000 apiece by the NBA after the coach said the league was conducting a "witch hunt" against Kobe Bryant.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Intel touts security with second-gen VPro PCs

Intel will release its "LaGrande" security technology in the second half of the year with the launch of its second-generation VPro business desktop technology.

CNET News

Immense ice deposits found at south pole of Mars

A spacecraft orbiting Mars has scanned huge deposits of water ice at its south pole so plentiful they would blanket the planet in 36 feet of water if they were liquid, scientists said.

Scientific American

HEALTH

For heart attack victims, skip the mouth-to-mouth

Adding mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to chest compression hurt, rather than helped, the survival of people who suffered cardiac arrest, a Japanese study found.

Health Day

Kids' asthma out of control

Four out of five kids with asthma don't keep their symptoms under control, a new study shows.

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Insatiable appetite for Disney musicals

Cristina Soler and her daughter jostle with other adults and families in sub-zero temperatures in a crush outside a theater on 42nd street, but they show no signs of frustration.

Reuters

Cate Blanchett joins Indiana Jones 4

There is some official casting news to post finally from the fourth Indiana Jones film set to begin shooting in June. Cate Blanchett has joined the cast alongside Harrison Ford.

IESB.net

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Gerard Baker):

It’s still uphill but there is hope for Sisyphus

Times Online

Column (Frank Stewart):

Bad news for the U.S.

International Herald Tribune

Column (Sidney Blumenthal):

All roads lead to Rove

Salon

Column (Daniel Schorr):

The art of not serving a day in jail

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Peggy Drexler):

The new F-word. Why the big deal? Why now?

Huffington Post

Column:

A road map for Iran?

TIME

Column (Youssef Ibrahim):

Halliburton will find a ‘Comfort Zone' in Dubai

Sun

Editorial:

General Pace and gay troops

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Darfur showdown

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

Hyper hacks

Slate

Editorial:

God dupes

Los Angeles Times

Column:

McCain is in trouble, but it's still early

Real Clear Politics

Column:

If only Colin Powell would have run

Indianapolis Star

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GOOD NEWS

Whiz kid: Science project lands teen $100,000

A 17-year-old girl won a scholarship worth $100,000 for building an inexpensive yet accurate spectrograph that identifies the ''fingerprints'' of different molecules.

Salt Lake Tribune

Gift from Microsoft CEO starts child-welfare group

Connie Ballmer and her husband, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, are donating $10 million to found an agency that aims to improve the child-welfare system in Washington state.

Seattle Times

NATION

Police seek motive in NYC shootout

A gunman who killed two unarmed volunteer police officers and a bartender had been repeatedly kicked out of the pizzeria where the shootings began and may have been angry over a friend's firing.

Houston Chronicle

Lawmakers blast federal response to Arkansas storms

Choked by red tape and stymied by an agency content to let the state rebuild Desha County, Arkansans were "betrayed" by the federal government after recent tornadoes, Gov. Mike Beebe said.

Springdale Morning News

Body of missing Georgia boy found

Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering confirmed the body of missing 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. was found.

Florida Times-Union

U.S. officials want more outreach to American Arabs, Muslims

Senior Homeland Security officials told a Senate panel that they needed to do more to reach out to American Arabs and Muslims, in order to find more analysts and interpreters to employ.

Los Angeles Times

BUSINESS

Cisco makes big bet on Web conferencing

Cisco Systems is spending billions to prove it can do more than sell routers. It announced it would spend $3.2 billion in cash to acquire WebEx, the No. 1 Web conferencing company.

CNET News

Falling home prices causing crisis with risky mortgages, Greenspan says

Retired Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking at a Futures Industry Association conference, said the problems of the subprime mortgage market had more to do with home prices than easy credit.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Nissan reshuffles management after profit decline

Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of Nissan, will give up his responsibility for the group's North American operations and focus on leading Nissan and Renault of France, which he also runs, Nissan said.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change affects major food crops

Rising temperatures have resulted in the loss of over $5 billion worth of major food crops every year for the past two decades, according to a new study.

Earth Times

Global 'sunscreen' has likely thinned, report NASA scientists

A new study has found that an important counter-balance to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases - sunlight blocked by dust, pollution and other aerosol particles - appears to have lost ground.

Science Daily

Study challenges theories on species

More species develop in warm, tropical climates or cooler, temperate areas? It turns out the longtime answer -- the tropics -- may be wrong.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

More states offer preschool

A new report shows more and more states are adding pre-kindergarten programs as research highlights the importance of getting children ready to learn.

Honolulu Advertiser

Are public universities losing ground?

New data from a company that ranks research universities primarily based on per-capita faculty productivity suggest that there are consistent disparities in research output at public and private institutions.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Conservative Episcopal bishop rejected

Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori took the highly unusual step of invalidating the election of a bishop in the tradition-minded Diocese of South Carolina.

Yahoo! News

Canuck earns religion prize

Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who says the world's problems can only be solved by considering both their secular and spiritual roots, was named as the recipient of a religion award.

Toronto Sun

IN DEPTH

Amish girls gone wild

For some younger Amish women, behind the bonnet is a girl who just wants to have fun -- balanced by the pull of tradition and family.

Cleveland Scene

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